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- Tue Feb 07, 2012 8:56 am
- Forum: Retro Gamer Mag & Site Feedback
- Topic: Please vote: your favourite Rob Hubbard tunes
- Replies: 45
- Views: 3090
Re: Please vote: your favourite Rob Hubbard tunes
Commando's loading music, because it kept me obsessed for decades before I found out it's actually a SID version of Living on Video by the gloriously 80s Trans X. This was the loading theme for quite a few games by the software company Elite (not just Commando), and it was in fact by Mark Cooksey, ...
- Mon Feb 06, 2012 5:01 pm
- Forum: Retro Gamer Mag & Site Feedback
- Topic: Please vote: your favourite Rob Hubbard tunes
- Replies: 45
- Views: 3090
Re: Please vote: your favourite Rob Hubbard tunes
Where do you start with picking a few Rob Hubbard tunes? The answer: very bloody difficult. For me, there's also three distinct C64 eras of Rob: the early stuff, the middle greatest stuff and then the later years when samples tended to be far too commonplace in his tunes and he kind of lost his way ...
- Fri Jan 27, 2012 6:23 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Introduce yourself
- Replies: 2533
- Views: 157731
Re: Introduce yourself
About time I did one, so here goes. I'm Warren, aged 39 and from Manchester. I used to contribute regular cheat POKE listings and tips for the likes of Zzap! 64 and Commodore Format magazines, followed by Commodore Zone fanzine, where the trusty Action Replay cartridge proved very useful in me being...
- Fri Jan 27, 2012 9:45 am
- Forum: Article Suggestions & Pitches
- Topic: David Dunn interview
- Replies: 0
- Views: 750
David Dunn interview
Be nice if we could get David Dunn to talk about the music he wrote (Commodore 64 and others) for a future article. I'm sure there's plenty of titles that he wrote the music for but there's no sure fire way of identifying if it's him or not. After all, there were plenty of games he did the music for...
- Fri Jan 27, 2012 9:42 am
- Forum: Retro Gamer Mag & Site Feedback
- Topic: Build your own PC?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 2685
Re: Build your own PC?
I build mine, and tend to do builds for other relations in the family if they want something making that'll be for less cost than they'd get retail. Plus of course you can mix/match components to performance or price range to suit. It's not that difficult to do, the main thing is to match the compon...
- Fri Jan 27, 2012 9:40 am
- Forum: Retro Everything Else
- Topic: Now That's What I Call Music!
- Replies: 100
- Views: 14428
Re: Now That's What I Call Music!
At a car boot sale about a year or so ago, I found Now 1 on vinyl, and in rather good condition as well. Gave it a blast on the turntable, some good stuff on there. I think Now 1 got reissued as a special edition CD a while back to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Now. Mind you, the early ones with...
- Wed Jan 11, 2012 9:10 am
- Forum: Retro Games
- Topic: Retro Soccer Games
- Replies: 59
- Views: 1999
Re: Retro Soccer Games
I'd add a fair few of this lot: Kick Off (Amiga) - still one of the finest footy games ever made Microprose Soccer (C64) - written by the Sensible Software folks Super Cup Football (C64) - if you want a laugh with a football game, this is the one. You can curve your shot with aftertouch, but they we...
- Wed Jan 11, 2012 6:02 am
- Forum: Retro Games
- Topic: Colecovision games recommendations?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 201
Re: Colecovision games recommendations?
I quite liked Smurf as well back in the day, as well as Cosmic Ark.
- Wed Jan 11, 2012 6:00 am
- Forum: Retro Games
- Topic: So, wanting a C64.....
- Replies: 14
- Views: 798
Re: So, wanting a C64.....
Misery, I'm currently selling a fair few of my C64 games, some of which are duplicates of what I've already got. The forum does prevent spamming of items though (humble apologies if the original post was deemed that way), and do bear in mind they'll be PAL, not NTSC as I believe you're based in the ...
- Wed Jul 20, 2011 4:59 am
- Forum: Retro Everything Else
- Topic: Now That's What I Call Music!
- Replies: 100
- Views: 14428
Re: Now That's What I Call Music!
About a year or so ago I headed to a car boot sale in Styal, Cheshire, and found a double LP of Now 1 (the very first one!) in pretty spot on condition, for £1. Then a few weeks back I was in Music and Video Exchange in Notting Hill, London, and saw the very same LP for £18. Maybe over time the orig...
- Wed Jul 20, 2011 4:56 am
- Forum: Retro Games
- Topic: GREMLIN GRAPHICS BACK
- Replies: 26
- Views: 746
Re: GREMLIN GRAPHICS BACK
To confirm, Pete's already agreed to talk, including about why he quit the industry and returned with Z. He didn't really mention anything about the Gremlin situation I suspect there might be more reasons behind that one, Craig! For years whenever I'd visit Sheffield I'd always check out where thei...
- Tue Jul 19, 2011 6:43 pm
- Forum: Retro Gamer Mag & Site Feedback
- Topic: Questions for Gary 'Zzap' Penn
- Replies: 34
- Views: 3513
Re: Questions for Gary 'Zzap' Penn
One question I'd always like to ask:
Who made the decision not to give Wizball a Zzap! Gold Medal when it was reviewed?
Who made the decision not to give Wizball a Zzap! Gold Medal when it was reviewed?
- Fri Nov 20, 2009 10:29 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: France vs Ireland Qualifier
- Replies: 79
- Views: 1079
Re: France vs Ireland Qualifier
Now that the dust has settled a bit, I thought I'd offer my 2p worth. First off, there's absolutely no doubt in my mind that Henry's handball was clear and deliberate. The linesman had a case of the Arsene Wenger Syndrome (ie: "I didn't see it") and the referee at least was in a good position to hav...
- Mon Nov 09, 2009 2:35 pm
- Forum: Retro Games
- Topic: c64 recommendations
- Replies: 37
- Views: 2121
Re: c64 recommendations
You're spoilt for choice, I reckon, but a few of my personal faves: Wizball - the C64 version is easily the best (it was the original one). The control method is just right, the music is stunning and atmospheric and you really feel like you're in a different world, plus the fact you have to get the ...
- Sat Nov 07, 2009 4:51 am
- Forum: Retro Games
- Topic: Video Game Pop Song Spinoffs
- Replies: 36
- Views: 792
Re: Video Game Pop Song Spinoffs
Surprised that no one's mentioned "Stakker Humanoid" by Humanoid, which sampled the speech from the arcade version of Berzerk heavily. Of course the folks from Humanoid later became Future Sound of London, but even had an interview in Commodore User back in the day about the tune, which was rather g...